In Windows 2000, you have a broad range of choices for customizing your computer environment to suit your work habits and personal preferences. You can change the way things look on the screen and change the behavior of the mouse and keyboard. For example, you can change the Windows 2000 color scheme or set the mouse to open files with a single click instead of a double click.
You can also add and remove items from the desktop and Start menu. Many users put shortcuts on the desktop or the Start menu for quick access to the files and programs they use most often. Depending on your country or region of the world, you can install additional languages, add and switch between keyboard layouts, and choose formats for displaying times, dates, numbers, and currency.
If your computer is used by more than one person, each person can customize the computer without erasing another person's settings. Windows 2000 automatically saves the settings for each user and activates that user's settings when the user logs on.